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Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What’s happening? – Democrats express openness to saving Speaker Mike Johnson – Seven jurors have been selected in Trump’s trial – Far left reps launch “Protect the Squad” fundraising effort In the Senate, the impeachment Read More

Bragg says he will try to ‘discredit’ Trump if he testifies in his defense during criminal trial

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg intends to use former President Trump’s alleged prior “misconduct and criminal acts” to discredit him if he testifies in his own defense at trial, according to a notice filed Wednesday. Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee, has never been convicted of a crime. Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of Read More

Stefanik slams Columbia University ‘arrogance,’ ‘inconsistent testimony’: ‘reckoning of accountability’

House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., gave a blistering review Wednesday of the testimonies of Columbia University leadership who appeared before the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s hearing to discuss antisemitism soaring at the prestigious New York campus. After the hearing, Stefanik issued a statement regarding Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Read More

Code Pink activist disrupts Defense Secretary Austin hearing; ‘You have blood on your hands’

Members of the antiwar group Code Pink told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday to “stop supporting mass murder” over the Biden administration’s support of Israel as it continues to battle Hamas terrorists. Austin was leaving a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing where he and other leaders testified about the Department of Defense fiscal Read More

Code Pink protesters confront Defense Secretary Austin about Israel: ‘Stop supporting mass murder’

New York Legislature hit by cyberattack

The New York state Legislature’s bill drafting office was hit with an apparent cyberattack early Wednesday, officials said. The scope of the attack was not immediately clear but officials said the bill drafting system has been down since early Wednesday. The office is responsible for printing legislation for lawmakers at the state Capitol in Albany. Read More

Biden admin hit with lawsuit for deleting emails in case that could have consequences for Trump

FIRST ON FOX: A nonprofit legal organization filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration Wednesday, alleging it has deleted federal employees’ emails in violation of existing statute. In a sweeping complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the America First Legal Foundation (AFL), the group headed by former Trump adviser Read More

Senate votes down first impeachment article against DHS Secretary Mayorkas

The first article of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was deemed unconstitutional by the Senate on Wednesday in a party-line vote. The first of two articles of impeachment alleged Mayorkas engaged in the “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS Read More

T-Squared: Robert Downen wins Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism

The prize honors a political journalist who covers politics and social policy in the public interest.

Texas criminal appeals court removes Tomas Gallo from death row because of his intellectual disability

The court re-sentenced Gallo to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.